Re: [squid-users] Possible to Continue Serving Expired Objects When Source Becomes Unavailable?

Tim McNerney wrote:
> Is it possible to configure Squid so that if an object becomes stale and
> the server tries to fetch a current copy of the object, but the
> object/server is unavailable, it will continue serving the cached version?
>
> If so, what other control can be used in this case? Say you want to
> allow it to run an hour over expiration before purging it. Or you wanted
> to set how often to retry the source server.
>
> This question is specifically for 2.6, but it would be great to know if
> things have changed with newer versions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Tim

Not possible in 2.6.

You need 2.7 with stale-while-* options
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/refresh_pattern/

Amos

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